Brazil 2014
The 2014 World cup draw ceremony took place on Friday evening being 12th November 2013 in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia State, Brazil. The event was welcomed with great display of the culture of the country. It was a great moment that left mouths wide open including the crème de la crème of world football.
The Secretary General of Fifa Jérôme Valcke was in charge of the draw and was assisted by some of the main icons of football history, representing the eight countries that have won the 19 editions of the World Cup to today, including: Sir Geoff Hurst, Mario Kempes, Fabio Cannavaro, Lothar Matthaus, Zinedine Zidane, Fernando Hierro, Cafu and Alcides Ghiggia. with the host Brazil kicking off with Croatia at Bahia.
The draws are as follows:
GROUP A
- Brazil
- Croatia
- Mexico
- Cameroon
GROUP B
- Spain
- Netherlands
- Chile
- Australia
GROUP C
- Colombia
- Greece
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Japan
GROUP D
- Uruguay
- Costa Rica
- England
- Italy
GROUP E
- Switzerland
- Ecuador
- France
- Honduras
GROUP F
- Argentina
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Iran
- Nigeria
GROUP G
- Germany
- Portugal
- Ghana
- USA
GROUP H
- Belgium
- Algeria
- Russia
- Korea Repulic
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